RÉCLEF Intervenes Before the Divisional Court of Ontario
Common Law’s French student association, le Regroupement étudiant de common law en français (RÉCLEF), undertook its first judicial intervention at the Divisional Court of Ontario in the case of Landry v. Law Society of Upper Canada on June 14, 2010. Read more...
“A Distinction that Comes with Duty”: Common Law’s Class of 2010
“The most important proof of the value of a university lies with the quality of its graduates,” said University of Ottawa President and Vice-Chancellor Allan Rock at the Faculty of Law Spring Convocation ceremony on June 5, 2010 at the National Arts Centre. “In this respect, the University of Ottawa genuinely ranks among the best.” Read more...
uOttawa Places Second in International Final of ELSA WTO Moot Competition
The Faculty of Law’s team of Susanna Kam, Mariella Montplaisir, Jonathan O’Hara and Tavengwa Runyowa came in a very close second in the Final International Round of the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) World Trade Organization Moot Competition in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, held from May 24-30, 2010. Read more...First-Year Student Albert Nolette Weighs in on Debate over Bill C-232
First-year French Program student Albert Nolette published a letter to the editor in the May 16, 2010 edition of the Edmonton Journal, responding to an article by three Alberta senators-elect on Bill C-232 concerning bilingualism on the Supreme Court. Read more...
Moot Competitions 2009-2010
Over the course of the academic year, teams from the Common Law Section achieved significant success in a wide variety of competitive moots, covering a range of subjects from criminal law and privacy law, to international trade and international commercial arbitration. Read more...
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